From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #245 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Friday, September 3 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 245 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Covers 128 [Bob Muller ] RE: Cloud illusions and affectations ["Richard Flynn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 05:33:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Covers 128 Will have to wait until I'm back from Pazfest...sorry for the delay but at least you've got LOTS to enjoy with David Gizara's radio show in the meantime. New Orleans here we come! Bob NP: The Doobie Brothers, "Livin' On The Fault Line" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:41:29 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Cloud illusions and affectations I love Ian & Sylvia. And I love Clouds. I first learned the name Joni Mitchell via Ian & Sylvia's recording of "The Circle Game." Fake sincerity? How dare you, Jim? (See? I still read the list!) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jim > L'Hommedieu > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:01 PM > To: paulcastle@pdcmusic.com; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Cloud illusions and affectations > > Joni said in part, > >>They had a way of affecting > vowel sounds so that when they sang together, they > would sing like a unit.>> > > Paul C asked, > >Anyone else hear any of the CSN&Y 'affected' vowel sounds?> > > I had not noticed this until I read the article (way back when). > Here's > what I think I hear: sustained vowels > in these places... > > >>In a Bleecker Street cafe, found someone to love to-day-eeeee. > > >>I met you on a midway at a fair la-aaa-st year. > >>... in a black maaaaaan's ear. > > >>when I first saw your gaaaalery... > > >>Songs to aging children cooooooome > > But that stuff doesn't bother me. To me, that just sounds like a > songwriter fitting her syllables to the available music: perfectly > normal song making. > > What bothers me about "Clouds" is that high range that she uses. To my > ear it sounds a bit like Ian and Sylvia, especially the cloying, > double-tracked vocal on "The Gallery" and "Songs To Aging Children". > It's somehow one dimensional, like fake sincerity. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:53:17 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: Cloud illusions and affectations Used to love their television show. Was able to pick up their show in Buffalo from Toronto with our rooftop, rotating antenna. Anyone remember those? New Orleans, here I come. Jerry On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Richard Flynn wrote: > I love Ian & Sylvia. And I love Clouds. I first learned the name Joni > Mitchell via Ian & Sylvia's recording of "The Circle Game." > > Fake sincerity? How dare you, Jim? > (See? I still read the list!) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jim > > L'Hommedieu > > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:01 PM > > To: paulcastle@pdcmusic.com; joni@smoe.org > > Subject: Cloud illusions and affectations > > > > Joni said in part, > > >>They had a way of affecting > > vowel sounds so that when they sang together, they > > would sing like a unit.>> > > > > Paul C asked, > > >Anyone else hear any of the CSN&Y 'affected' vowel sounds?> > > > > I had not noticed this until I read the article (way back when). > > Here's > > what I think I hear: sustained vowels > > in these places... > > > > >>In a Bleecker Street cafe, found someone to love to-day-eeeee. > > > > >>I met you on a midway at a fair la-aaa-st year. > > >>... in a black maaaaaan's ear. > > > > >>when I first saw your gaaaalery... > > > > >>Songs to aging children cooooooome > > > > But that stuff doesn't bother me. To me, that just sounds like a > > songwriter fitting her syllables to the available music: perfectly > > normal song making. > > > > What bothers me about "Clouds" is that high range that she uses. To my > > ear it sounds a bit like Ian and Sylvia, especially the cloying, > > double-tracked vocal on "The Gallery" and "Songs To Aging Children". > > It's somehow one dimensional, like fake sincerity. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #245 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe